United kingdom 1900-1999

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    1900-1999

  • Queen Victoria died; son Edward VII new king

  • Edward VII died, son George crowned King George V

  • Titanic left Southampton, sank in North Atlantic, 1,513 people died

  • World War I began

  • World War I ended, one million Brits dead

  • John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented television

  • Two millions workers went on strike, the "General Strike" lasted for nine days

  • New York Stock Exchange crashed, economic slump hit Britain

  • World War II began

  • King George VI died; Britain tested nuclear bomb

  • British troops drove Argentine forces out of Falkland Islands; IRA continued attacks on London at Regents Park and Knightsbridge, nine people killed

  • Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigned

  • Labour Party won landslide victory, Tony Blair became Prime Minister; Princess Diana killed in auto accident in Paris; British returned Hong Kong to China at end of its 99 year lease